2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team

2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	29–26 (17–13 C-USA)
Head coach	Jim Toman
Assistant coaches	Jerry Meyers Jordan Getzelman
Home stadium	Reese Smith Jr. Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 15 Southern Miss  ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			43	–	16	–	0		.729
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			42	–	19	–	0		.689
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			41	–	17	–	0		.707
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			35	–	23	–	0		.603
UTSA  ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			38	–	20	–	0		.655
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	26	–	0		.527
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	22	–	0		.621
UAB  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Rice  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			17	–	39	–	0		.304
Marshall  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			20	–	34	–	1		.373
FIU  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			16	–	34	–	0		.320
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			18	–	36	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament [1] champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team represented the Middle Tennessee State University in the sport of baseball for the 2022 college baseball season. The Blue Raiders competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA. They played their home games at Reese Smith Jr. Field in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The team was coached by Jim Toman, who was in his fourth season with the Blue Raiders.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 16, 2022 with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in tenth place in the conference. ^[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	1st Place Votes
1	Southern Miss	6
2	Louisiana Tech	2
3	Old Dominion	1
4	Charlotte	4
5	Florida Atlantic	-
6	UTSA	-
7	FIU	1
8	Rice	-
9	Western Kentucky	-
10	Middle Tennessee	-
11	UAB	-
12	Marshall	-

Personnel

2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 OF Brian Dillingham R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Bradenton, Florida 3 OF Bryce Symlar R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Columbia, Tennessee 4 INF Fausto Lopez R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Brooklyn, New York 6 LHP Trent Seibert L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina 7 OF Luke Vinson L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Murfreesboro, Tennessee 8 INF Gabe Jennings R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Lebanon, Tennessee 9 OF Nathan Sanders L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Smyrna, Tennessee 10 OF Tatsunori Negishi L/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Tokyo, Japan 11 INF JT Mabry R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Chesterfield, Missouri 12 RHP Eriq Swan R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Murfreesboro, Tennessee 13 INF Brett Coker R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Hendersonville, Tennessee 14 RHP Brycen Thomas R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Spring Hill, Tennessee 15 RHP Jackson Marbet L/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Columbia, Tennessee 16 OF Jackson Galloway R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Kansas City, Missouri 17 RHP Zach Keenan R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Suwanee, Georgia 18 C Nick Jones R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Coal City, Illinois 19 INF Jacob Williams R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Forest, Virginia 20 RHP Jack Julian R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Hixson, Tennessee 21 INF Ryan Maher R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Chicago, Illinois 22 INF Bryson Trammell L/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Knoxville, Tennessee 23 C Mason Speirs R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Westminster, Colorado 24 RHP DJ Wright R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Murfreesboro, Tennessee 26 LHP Charlie Mac Toman R/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Columbia, South Carolina 27 RHP Jaden Hamm R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Culleoka, Tennessee 28 LHP Peyton Wigginton L/L 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Franklin, Tennessee 29 RHP Dustin Sprong R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Morgantown, Indiana 30 INF Wyatt Morgan L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Lenexa, Kansas 31 LHP John Tomlinson L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Lebanon, Tennessee 32 RHP Daniel Dewey R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Murfreesboro, Tennessee 33 C Mason McLeod L/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Greensburg, Indiana 34 RHP Justin Goldstein R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Tustin, California 35 OF Jacob Wright L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Murfreesboro, Tennessee 38 C Briggs Rutter R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania 39 C Carter Edge R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Chattanooga, Tennessee 40 C Jared Vetetoe L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Gallatin, Tennessee 41 INF KB Peralta R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Lawrence, Massachusetts 42 RHP Jalen Wirtz R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Gallatin, Tennessee 43 RHP James Sells R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Winchester, Tennessee 45 INF Eston Snider R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Franklin, Tennessee 47 RHP Braden Jones R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Knoxville, Tennessee 48 RHP Ryan Cagle R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr South Pittsburg, Tennessee 49 RHP Brayden Siren R/R 6 ft 11 in(2.11 m) 256 lb (116 kg) So Murfreesboro, Tennessee 51 RHP Avery Gunn R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Dickson, Tennessee 52 INF Austin Baal L/L 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Palmyra, Pennsylvania	Head coach Jim Toman (NC State) Assistant coach(es) Jerry Meyers (Iowa State) Jordan Getzelman (Iowa Western) Forrest Arnold (Coker) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 5 August 2022

Schedule and results

2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball game log
Regular season (29–24)
February (3–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record C-USA record Feb. 18 vs. St. John's Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC W 3–210 Hamm (1-0) Cunningham (0-1) Swan (1) 200 1–0 Feb. 18 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 4–6 Hodges (1-0) Seibert (0-1) None 1,186 1–1 Feb. 19 vs. St. John's Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 5–6 Johnson (1-0) Sells (0-1) Rodriguez (1) 200 1–2 Feb. 20 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 4–8 Taylor (1-0) Thomas (0-1) None 1,080 1–3 Feb. 23 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TN L 1–1111 Lamberth (1-0) Seibert (0-2) None 54 1–4 The Carolinas Coastline Classic Feb. 25 vs. Illinois Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–7 Kirschsieper (1-0) Wigginton (0-1) Rybarczyk (1) 855 1–5 Feb. 26 vs. Ball State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 1–0 Keenan (1-0) O'Donnell (0-1) None 901 2–5 Feb. 26 vs. Illinois Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 17–10 Hamm (2-0) Siefken (0-1) None 923 3–5
March (8–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record C-USA record Mar. 1 Lipscomb Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 0–3 Thompson (2-0) Hamm (2-1) Nordmann (1) 1,175 3–6 Mar. 2 vs. Western Carolina AT&T Field • Chattanooga, TN W 10–5 Wigginton (1-1) Corn (1-1) None 150 4–6 Mar. 4 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 1–3 Smith (2-0) Keenan (1-1) Wood (2) 1,120 4–7 Mar. 5 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–16 Boswell (2-1) Swan (0-1) None 1,175 4–8 Mar. 6 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 2–4 Booker (1-0) Wigginton (1-2) Boyd (2) 1,073 4–9 Mar. 8 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL Game cancelled Mar. 11 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 10–8 Seibert (1-2) Armstrong (1-1) None 2,867 5–9 Mar. 13 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 7–10 Sheehan (1-0) Swan (0-2) Burkhalter (3) 3,146 5–10 Mar. 13 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 4–3 Wigginton (2-2) Swilling (0-2) None 3,146 6–10 Mar. 15 Austin Peay Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 7–6 Sells (1-1) Wellman (0-1) None 1,150 7–10 Mar. 18 Old Dominion Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 7–23 Gertner (2-1) Keenan (1-2) None 401 7–11 0–1 Mar. 19 Old Dominion Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 3–6 Pantos (4-0) Swan (0-3) Dean (4) 502 7–12 0–2 Mar. 20 Old Dominion Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 13–5 Seibert (2-2) Smith (0-1) None 550 8–12 1–2 Mar. 22 at Austin Peay Raymond C. Hand Park • Clarksville, TN Game postponed Mar. 25 at UAB Regions Field • Birmingham, AL W 1–0 Keenan (2-2) Reynolds (1-2) Wigginton (1) 201 9–12 2–2 Mar. 26 at UAB Regions Field • Birmingham, AL W 6–3 Swan (1-3) O'Clair (1-1) Hamm (1) 345 10–12 3–2 Mar. 27 at UAB Regions Field • Birmingham, AL L 5–610 Taylor (1-0) Hamm (2-2) None 304 10–13 3–3 Mar. 29 at Tennessee Tech Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex • Cookeville, TN W 8–4 Sells (2-1) Gannaway (2-2) None 266 11–13
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record C-USA record Apr. 1 Western Kentucky Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 10–2 Keenan (3-2) Kates (3-3) None 445 12–13 4–3 Apr. 2 Western Kentucky Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 3–7 Terbrak (4-1) Swan (1-4) Vinyard (5) 425 12–14 4–4 Apr. 3 Western Kentucky Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 5–1 Wigginton (3-2) Hellman (0-4) None 525 13–14 5–4 Apr. 6 Memphis Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN Game postponed Apr. 8 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV L 7–11 Purnell (4-2) Keenan (3-3) None 50 13–15 5–5 Apr. 10 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 3–17 Swan (2-4) Copen (1-2) Hamm (2) 75 14–15 6–5 Apr. 10 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 5–27 Wigginton (4-2) Addkison (0-2) None 75 15–15 7–5 Apr. 12 at Lipscomb Dugan Field • Nashville, TN W 7–0 Julian (1-0) Kantola (1-4) None 377 16–15 Apr. 14 Charlotte Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 4–311 Wigginton (5-2) Bruce (1-2) None 525 17–15 8–5 Apr. 15 Charlotte Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 5–10 Sims (2-1) Swan (2-5) None 415 17–16 8–6 Apr. 16 Charlotte Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 10–7 Hamm (3-2) Giesting (1-4) None 515 18–16 9–6 Apr. 19 Belmont Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 3–1 Julian (2-0) Hubbell (0-2) Seibert (1) 475 19–16 Apr. 22 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA W 7–3 Keenan (4-3) Gibson (4-1) None 2,755 20–16 10–6 Apr. 23 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA L 2–4 Jennings (3-1) Wigginton (5-3) Crigger (8) 2,494 20–17 10–7 Apr. 24 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA W 6–312 Seibert (3-2) Crigger (3-2) None 2,259 21–17 11–7 Apr. 26 UT Martin Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN Game cancelled Apr. 29 UTSA Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 2–13 Garza (2-0) Keenan (4-4) None 547 21–18 11–8 Apr. 30 UTSA Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 4–12 Malone (7-1) Wigginton (5-4) None 589 21–19 11–9
May (8–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 UTSA Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 2–1 Seibert (4-2) Beaird (2-2) None 510 22–19 12–9 May 4 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 9–7 Thomas (1-1) Watson (1-3) None 245 23–19 May 6 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park • Miami, FL L 4–511 Tiburcio (3-3) Seibert (4-3) None 377 23–20 12–10 May 7 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park • Miami, FL W 5–1 Hamm (4-2) Lequerica (2-4) None 350 24–20 13–10 May 8 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park • Miami, FL W 11–5 Sells (3-1) Puk (1-1) None 280 25–20 14–10 May 10 Tennessee Tech Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 8–4 Wirtz (1-0) Gannaway (3-3) None 1,256 26–20 May 13 at Rice Reckling Park • Houston, TX W 7–0 Wigginton (6-4) Shaw (2-2) None 3,783 27–20 15–10 May 14 at Rice Reckling Park • Houston, TX W 5–410 Sells (4-1) Linskey (0-1) None 1,879 28–20 16–10 May 15 at Rice Reckling Park • Houston, TX W 21–7 Wirtz (2-0) Perkins (1-1) None 2,468 29–20 17–10 May 17 at No. 21 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–7 Moore (1-0) Sells (4-2) None 3,802 29–21 May 19 No. 17 Southern Miss Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 4–9 Adams (2-1) Seibert (4-4) Ramsey (4) 734 29–22 17–11 May 20 No. 17 Southern Miss Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 0–17 Riggins (7-4) Swan (2-6) None 751 29–23 17–12 May 21 No. 17 Southern Miss Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN L 0–10 Waldrep (6-1) Sells (4-3) None 532 29—24 17—13
Postseason (0–2)
C-USA Tournament (0–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 25 vs. (3) Old Dominion (6) Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 7–18 Morgan (8-0) Seibert (4-5) None 29–25 0–1 May 26 vs. (7) Charlotte (6) Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 0–227 Kramer (4-2) Wigginton (6-5) None 29–26 0–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled

Schedule source: ^[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Postseason

Accolade	Recipient	Reference
Second Team All-CUSA team	JT Mabry, INF Jaden Hamm, P Trent Seibert, P	[4]
Freshman All-CUSA team	James Sells, P

References

1. "2022 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com.
2. "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards". February 11, 2021.
3. "2022 Baseball Schedule Announced". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. November 17, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
4. "BASE: C-USA Announces 2022 Superlative Awards, All-Conference, All-Freshman Teams". conferenceusa.com. May 24, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

External links

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